éterniser
French, verb/e.tɛʁ.ni.ze/
éterniser is spelled É-T-E-R-N-I-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éterniser is a French verb meaning “to drag out, to prolong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre éternel, faire durer pour toujours”.
What does éterniser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drag out, to prolong
- 2
to immortalize
- 3
to drag on
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre éternel, faire durer pour toujours. 2. Prolonger outre mesure, faire durer trop longtemps. 3. Demeurer trop longtemps ; s’attarder plus qu’il ne convient.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of éterniser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- éternisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- éternisé participle past
- éternise first-person indicative present
- éternises indicative present second-person
- éternisons first-person indicative plural
- éternisez indicative plural present
- éternisent indicative plural present
- éternisais first-person imperfect indicative
- éternisait imperfect indicative singular
- éternisions first-person imperfect indicative
- éternisiez imperfect indicative plural
- éternisaient imperfect indicative plural
- éternisai first-person historic indicative
- éternisas historic indicative past
- éternisa historic indicative past
- éternisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éterniser?
- /e.tɛʁ.ni.ze/
- \e.tɛʁ.ni.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is éterniser in French?
éterniser appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).